Kris Barras, Wille & The Bandits

Kris Barras is the UK's most exciting Blues/Rock Guitarist. The band's Southern, Blues-Rock sound encompasses dirty riffs, husky vocals and screaming guitar solos.Inspired by his father at the early age of only six years-old, Kris was already making an appearance on stage before turning ten. He has since gone on to spend more than twenty years thrilling audiences throughout the globe, playing live.The UK based guitarist has extensive experience touring in various bands, throughout the UK, Europe and USA, as both a solo-artist & session-musician. The band have appeared at major festivals throughout the UK and Europe. These include Ramblin' Man Fair (UK), Rawa Blues Festival (Poland) and Bliuzo Naktys (Lithuania).A published author who has written many guitar-technique columns, books and instructional DVD’s; Kris Barras has also been a featured lecturer at the distinguished Academy of Music and Sound. Kris currently writes a guitar technique column for Blues Matters magazine.The Divine and Dirty album was released in March 2018 and went in straight at number one in both the Amazon and iTunes Blues charts, as well as Number 3 in the Official UK Blues/Jazz Charts.Kris was nominated for 'Blues Guitarist of the Year 2017' by Total Guitar magazine and voted into the Top 15 Blues Guitarists in the World by Music Radar.